A nuanced understanding of the strategies that people who are blind or visually impaired employ to perform different instrumental activities of daily living (iADLs) is essential to the success of future visual accessibility aids.
Topic: Low Vision
Research Projects
Simulating Visual Impairment
How are visual acuity and daily activities affected by visual impairment? Previous studies have shown that vision is altered and impaired in the presence of a scotoma, but the extent to which patient-specific factors affect vision and quality of life is not well understood.
Visual Navigation Under High-Stress Conditions
How do people’s navigatioal abilities change in stressful conditions? How can we best train them for these situations? And how can vision augmentation be employed to improve situational awareness?
Researchers Interested in This Topic
Michael Beyeler
Assistant Professor
PBS
Byron A. Johnson
PhD Candidate
BIO
Molly Tang
Promise Scholar
PSTAT, ECON
Dharynka Tapia
SEEDS Fellow
PBS
Lily Turkstra
Junior Specialist
PBS, COMM
Lexie Van Os
Research Assistant